16 July 2013

MELBOURNE NOW : more details announced

         
Technical details :
Issue date: 2 July 2013
Issue withdrawal date: 31 January 2014
FDI withdrawal date: 31 July 2013
Denominations: 5 x 60c
Illustration: Gavin Ryan
Stamp & product design: Sharon Rodziewicz
Printer: McKellar Renown
Paper - gummed: Tullis Russell
Paper - self-adhesive: B100
Printing process: Lithography
Stamp size: 35mm x 35mm
Perforations: 14.226 x 14.226
Sheet layout: Module of 50
National postmark: Sydney, NSW 2000

Melbourne -
Gutter strip 10 x 60c
     

collection : FIAPCE 
We collected this gutter strip from the local Post Office today.

Behind the couple in the stamp, looking at their MELBOURNE NOW
gallery guide, is an updated rendition of John Brack's The Car, 1955.


collection : National Gallery of Victoria  


 detail
 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something ...
 
 LOGOS/HA HA


We are reminded of this image of Ed Ruscha looking at his book Every Building on the Sunset Strip, 1967.
    
 
 detail
 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something ...
 
 LOGOS/HA HA